Cairo A20N at Stuttgart on Jul 16th 2026, hail strike
Last Update: July 17, 2026 / 10:51:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 16, 2026
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Cairo
Flight number
SM-2952
Departure
Marsa Alam, Egypt
Destination
Stuttgart, Germany
Aircraft Registration
SU-BVN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport
Stuttgart Airport, Stuttgart
Airport ICAO Code
EDDS
A replacement A320-200N registration SU-BUR positioned to Stuttgart and performed the return flight with a delay of about 12.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Stuttgart about 18 hours after landing.
Metars:
EDDS 161720Z AUTO VRB02KT CAVOK 28/17 Q1016 NOSIG=
EDDS 161650Z AUTO 13004KT 080V180 CAVOK 28/17 Q1015 NOSIG=
EDDS 161620Z AUTO 13004KT 080V210 CAVOK 28/17 Q1016 NOSIG=
EDDS 161550Z AUTO 15006KT 090V210 CAVOK 28/18 Q1016 NOSIG=
EDDS 161520Z AUTO 09005KT 040V170 CAVOK 29/15 Q1016 NOSIG=
EDDS 161450Z AUTO VRB04KT CAVOK 29/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
EDDS 161420Z AUTO VRB02KT 9999 -SHRA FEW045 FEW///CB 28/15 Q1017 RETSRA TEMPO TSRA=
EDDS 161350Z AUTO 34007KT 9999 +TSRA FEW029 SCT///CB 26/16 Q1017 BECMG NSW=
EDDS 161320Z AUTO 09003KT 360V160 9999 -SHRA FEW///CB 29/13 Q1017 TEMPO 22015G30KT TSRA=
EDDS 161250Z AUTO 08002KT 9999 -SHRA FEW///TCU 30/13 Q1018 TEMPO 22015G30KT TSRA=
EDDS 161220Z AUTO VRB03KT 9999 VCSH FEW///TCU 29/14 Q1018 TEMPO TSRA=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 16, 2026
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Cairo
Flight number
SM-2952
Departure
Marsa Alam, Egypt
Destination
Stuttgart, Germany
Aircraft Registration
SU-BVN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport
Stuttgart Airport, Stuttgart
Airport ICAO Code
EDDS
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